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COREOTSIS* Sirea. 

 Golden Coreopsis. 



SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 



Nat. ord. ComposiTjE. 

 COREOPSIS. — Suprci, vol. 1. fol. 7. 



C. aurea ; foliis serratis : radicalibus tripartitis ; caulinis trifidis integrisve 

 lanceolato-linearibus. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 3. 252. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 2252. 

 Pursh. Am. sept. 2. 568. 



C. trichosperma /3 aurea. Nutt. gen. 2. 180. 



Biennis, tripedalis, stricta, parum ramosa, capitulis paucis conspicuis 



versus fastigium coronata. Folia linearia, pubescentia, 3-5-partita, serrata, 



opposita. Radii 8, oblongi, subintegri, aurei, involucro 3-plb longiores. 



Fructus cuneatus , fere glaber, apice hicornis. 



This has long disappeared from our Gardens, after 

 having been introduced in 1785, according to the Hortus 

 Kewensis, by the late Lord Tankerville. Recently it has 

 been again recovered by the Horticultural Society, to whom 

 it was sent by Mr. Thomas, of New York, at the special 

 request of Mr. Sabine. We trust it will now be preserved. 



It is a hardy biennial, remarkable for the beauty of its 

 heads of flowers, which are large, bright yellow, and sup- 

 ported by long slender stalks. 



The species was originally described in the first volume 

 of the Hortus Kewensis ; it has been subsequently adopted 

 by Willdenow and other Botanists as a doubtful plant; 

 Pursh does not appear conscious of having seen it ; but 

 Mr. Nuttall has rightly judged its affinity to be with 



* From ;4o'^<5, a tick, and o^^i^, resemblance ; on account of the resemblance 

 of the fruit, which, when sticking to the coats of animals, is very like the 

 insects that infest them. 



